Unit 8 and 9
Across
- 3. Reagan financed and supported these right-wing counter-revolutionary troops to overthrow the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
- 6. first female prime minister in human history (first name)
- 7. the US orchestrated the overthrow of Salvador Allende and put into power this General who led a brutal dictatorship that opened up Chile's economy (last name)
- 8. last name of the Hungarian leader who attempted to withdrew from the Warsaw pact and establish a democracy
- 10. Alexander ________ accidentally discovered a fungus that kills bacteria (penicillin)
- 12. the US supported this leader's (last name) brutal regime in South Vietnam to oppose the communist North
- 14. name of doctrine that stated soviets would intervene if a members actions threatened other socialist countries
- 18. ______ Revolution in Iran where progressive reforms were instituted by Shah Reza Pahlavi, granting women’s right to vote created social welfare system funded literacy programs in villages
- 20. last name of Egyptian leader who met with Israeli leader Menachem Begin at Camp David
- 21. last name of leader who was imprisoned for 27 years because of his fight against the apartheid regime in South Africa
- 22. acronym of the group who wanted independence for the Basque region of Spain
- 23. policy that refers to economic restructuring to allow free markets in the late Soviet Union
- 24. In _____ State University in Ohio, in 1970, the national guard shot and killed four students who protested against the Vietnam War
- 25. last name of the author and founder of the Zionist movement
- 26. last name of this Peruvian philosophy professor who founded the Shining Path which waged a campaign of terrorism throughout Peru in support of Maoism
Down
- 1. policy that refers to the openness in speech, the press and the political process in the late Soviet Union
- 2. last name of the first Ghanaian President elected in 1960
- 4. the first Ghanaian President in 1960 supported the Pan-African movement through this organization (acronym)
- 5. last name of 1953 elected prime minister of Iran who vowed to nationalize British oil companies in his country
- 7. almost 1.7 million Cambodians died under this leadership of this ruler (last name) from 1975 to 1979, that involved forced labor, starvation and execution
- 9. last name of Nobel prize winner who conceived of microcredit to help residents of poorer countries especially women to improve their economic situation
- 11. last name of US general, overall commander for Korean war
- 13. In 1947 Truman announced the US would try to stop communist spread, especially in ________ and Turkey
- 15. In 1956, this Egyptian leader (last name) took the Suez canal and Israel invaded Egypt then Britain and France occupied surrounding area
- 16. this policy was conceived by George Kennan, worked in US embassy in Moscow
- 17. In October 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia, led by dictator Benito Mussolini, forcing the country's Emperor (last name) into exile
- 19. Catholics in Northern Ireland who wanted to be independent of Britain supported this organization (acronym)
- 27. Protestants in Northern Ireland who remained loyal to the UK supported this organization (acronym)